The world is a comedy to those that think, and a tragedy to those that feel.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

My prayer is that when I die, all hell rejoices that I am out of the fight.

Intellectual growth should commence at birth and cease to exist at death.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.

Vigor is found in the man who has not yet grown old, and discretion in the man who is not too young.

There are two ways to conquer and enslave a country. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.

Pain is certain, suffering is optional.

One day we will learn that the heart can never be totally right when the head is totally wrong.

Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.

To fly as fast as thought, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived.

The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

I was in darkness, but I took three steps and found myself in paradise. The first step was a good thought, the second, a good word; and the third, a good deed.

Much of the evil in the world is due to the fact that man in general is hopelessly unconscious.

Life does not consist of facts. It consists mainly of the storm of thoughts that is forever flowing through one's head.